It wasn't the Labor Day weekend many East Coast residents and visitors had planned.
After slamming into Florida as a Category 1 hurricane early Friday, Hermine churned up the eastern seaboard with heavy rain, high winds and flooding.
On Sunday, Hermine was technically a post-tropical cyclone off the shores of Long Island, New York, and Ocean City, Maryland, according to the National Weather Service.
|Flooding is biggest concern
Much of the damage expected from Hermine will be caused by flooding because of the storm surge and heavy precipitation, according to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide. On Sunday, coastal communities in at least six states were under the threat of flooding.
Officials have attributed two deaths — one in Florida and another in North Carolina — to the storm.
Hermine strengthened slightly on Sunday, with sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, and the hurricane center said it was “expected to be at or near hurricane strength” through Tuesday, according to the New York Times.
|Insured losses likely to reach $500 million
Insured losses from Hermine will likely approach $500 million, with total economic damages close to $1 billion, according to an early estimate from the catastrophe loss estimation and risk management experts at Karen Clark & Company (KCC).
According to KCC, the storm is likely to produce over 50,000 claims, primarily to residential properties and autos, and spread across the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
Here are photos from the aftermath of Hermine:
A large oak tree toppled over a Whataburger restaurant in Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 2, 2016. Many businesses and homes in Tallahassee are without power and several roads are blocked due to tree damage caused by Hurricane Hermine. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
Debris lies near a waterfront building damaged by Hurricane Hermine Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Seaweed covers a flooded street in Cedar Key, Fla. as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Debris is strewn about in front of the Big Deck bar after Hurricane Hermine passed through, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
In this photo provided by Tyrrell County Sheriff's office shows a tipped over 18-wheeler in Columbia, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. Tyrrell County Sheriff Darryl Liverman said that high winds tipped over the 18-wheeler, killing its driver and shutting down the U.S. 64 bridge during Tropical Storm Hermine. (Tyrrell County Sheriff's office via AP)
A woman walks past pleasure boats that were washed into Riverside Dr., when Hurricane Hermine came ashore early Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Steinhatchee, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Gus Soldatos steps over a hole in the floor as he brings water out of his son's bait shop after the shop experienced damage from Hurricane Hermine Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Residents check on damage after Hurricane Hermine passed through Cedar Key, Fla., Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Bobbi Pattison, left, with help from her neighbors Hugh and Harriet Oglesby, stands up a sea captain statue carved out of wood from a 1993 storm at her home Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Steinhatchee, Fla. Hurricane Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
The front of a residence that was destroyed by Hurricane Hermine is seen, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Melvin Gatlin Jr. walks to the back door of his father's house in Valdosta, Ga., beneath a pine tree that crashed onto the roof, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Tropical Storm Hermine churned through south Georgia after making landfall in Florida. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)
Water from Roanoke Sound pounds the Virginia Dare Trail in Manteo, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 as Tropical Storm Hermine passes the Outer Banks. Hermine lost hurricane strength over land but was intensifying Saturday along the Atlantic Coast, threatening heavy rain, wind and storm surges on its northward march. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Stevie Green rides a bike on the flooded streets of downtown Manteo, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 as Tropical Storm Hermine passes the Outer Banks. The center of Hermine moved across eastern North Carolina early Saturday. Winds gusted to 60 mph along the Outer Banks and 40 mph inland. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
A unidentified man watches the rising water from his home in Hatteras, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 after Tropical Storm Hermine passed the Outer Banks. The storm is expected to dump several inches of rain in parts of coastal Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and New York as the Labor Day weekend continues. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Cars drive on the flooded North Carolina Hwy 12 in Rodanthe, N.C., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016 after Tropical Storm Hermine passed the Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
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